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Thursday, 25 February 2016

12 Signs That You Have Low Self-Esteem

Have you always felt like the victim of tragic events?

As
if life has been so unfair and cruel to you when you never did anything
wrong. You think to yourself that you deserve better, but you refuse
change.

Dreaming of the day where you see yourself happy, being
with someone you love, finding your own place and truly deserving this
life.

It does make you smile. However, you could only live this
life inside your head because at the end of the day, you feel there is
no reason for you to live such a great life.

You think you don't deserve better and settle for less. Does it all sound familiar?

Here are 12 signs of low self-esteem

1. You don't have faith in yourself

Every
time you think of a new idea or want to try something new, you believe
that there's absolutely no way you can do it. It's impossible you say,
but you wish that someday it might just happen. Someday though, means
it's never happening.

2. You settle for less

There's
always that something or someone you want, yet if you receive something
that's not up to your standards, you take it and never aim for more.
This is not necessarily a bad trait, but you might end up always
settling for less. If you get into this habit and carry it over to your
relationships, you'll end up getting abused.

3. You say yes even if you don't want to

Someone
asked you out and you said yes because that's the polite thing to do
even if you don't like to be with the said person. When somebody asked
you to do a favor for him at the expense of your time, you said yes even
if you shouldn't have. No matter how inconvenient for you, you just
can't say no to people.

4. You're tired of everything

You
find yourself feeling tired and saying how tired you are every single
day. The funny thing is, you settle and don't even attempt to make any
changes to your current state.

5. You can't move on from the past

Always
talking about the past and how much better it was back in the day is
your favorite hobby. Your friends, family and even strangers hear about
your stories. Most of the time, this is you talking about your Ex.

6. You wish to be happy

Something
is definitely wrong if you 'wish' to be happy instead of being one
already. The accumulated baggage from the past is holding you back and
clouding your vision to see that you can find happiness now if you only
look ahead.

7. You know you're being taken advantage of, but you let them

This
is what ends up happening after doing no. 2 and 3 of this list. You say
yes not because you like it, but because you find it hard to say no and
you settle for something so much less than you deserve. You end up
getting abused and they keep doing it, hurting you, breaking you. You
can escape however, and you choose not to, because you're already used
to this kind of behavior and wouldn't know any other way of living.

8. You're afraid of change

Knowing
that you deserve better, you're content with just imagining about it
instead of doing something. You've become so accustomed to your current
state that any thought of change is indeed frightening.

9. You don't care about the future

People
as long as they are alive, look forward to the future. It gives them
hope that someday, everything is going to be alright. Looking forward to
something also let's us know that day by day, we get closer to our
goals. But a person with low self-esteem does not see the future that
way, you see tomorrow as another day to live awfully, and no one looks
forward to an awful day.

10. Everyone's happiness come before your own

The
way you'd put others happiness before your own is actually a good
trait, but it only works if you end up being happy too. Someone with low
self-esteem will put others happiness except his or her own. While you
made everyone happy, you are content being unhappy.

11. You can't decide on your own

When
it comes to decisions, you'd rather have others decide for you. This
usually result in doing something you don't even like. But you'd rather
have it this way than taking responsibility for your own decisions.

12. Death seems better

There
will be those days that you feel nothing ever goes right and it never
is going to get better. You're tired of it all and tomorrow will be the
same. There's nothing to look forward to, you're unhappy, you're hoping
for change but you've settled for less and when you look at your day to
day situation, you see a pattern and believe it's never going to get
better. With that in mind, death does sound like the better option.

I hope it never gets to this point, and if any of the above describes you or a friend of yours, it's time for change.